Rhenium - Osmium isotope and platinum-group element constraints on the origin and evolution of the 1.27 Ga muskox layered intrusion

Journal of Petrology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1255-1295

  Day, James M D ^a,b   Pearson, D Graham ^a   Hulbert, Larry J ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromitite seams; Crustal contamination; Isotopes; Mantle source; Muskox layered intrusion; O; Platinum group elements (PGE); Re Os; Sm Nd; Sulphide

Indexed keywords

CHROMITITE; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MANTLE SOURCE; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PLUTONIC ROCK; RHENIUM; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; MACKENZIE; NORTH AMERICA;

OVIBOS MOSCHATUS MOSCHATUS;

EID: 47549106369     PISSN: 00223530     EISSN: 14602415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/petrology/egn024     Document Type: Article

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